Sen. Casey is asking Amtrak to speed up its plan to fix up 30th Street Station in Philadelphia before Pope Francis and the Democratic National Convention arrive. He also states there doesn't appear to be additional federal funds available for the work.

Amazing. Just ... amazing.
Here we are, six years later, six years of mom jeans and golf dates and taking the girls for ice cream. And yet, some of us are still hung up on the perceived "otherness," the "not like us"-ness, of Barack Obama.
The...

Amazing. Just ... amazing.
Here we are, six years later, six years of mom jeans and golf dates and taking the girls for ice cream. And yet, some of us are still hung up on the perceived "otherness," the "not like us"-ness, of Barack Obama.
The latest is...

Rudy Giuliani is a fading former politician who resorts to outrageous remarks to garner media attention. He is no longer relevant and should be ignored. His insult to the president raises questions about the real meaning of his rhetoric. The...

If former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wants to be California's next U.S. senator, he's going to have to beat the jinx.
LA's City Hall has proved to be a political graveyard for a string of its former mayors, whose appeal at home didn't...

WASHINGTON The National Democratic Committee's decision to hold its 2016 national convention in Philadelphia underscores the rebound of the fifth-largest U.S. city, after it reversed a decades-long population decline and won its highest bond grade in 30 years.
Philadelphia, a city of 1.55 million, grew for the seventh straight year in 2013, driven by students, young professionals, immigrants and empty-nesters, according to a January report from Mayor Michael Nutter. From the 1950s until 2007, the city...

On a cold overcast morning in January, President Barack Obama briefly delayed his departure for an Iowa day-trip to huddle in the Oval Office with AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka and United Auto Workers President Dennis Williams. The topic was Obama's upcoming State of the Union address.
A week earlier, Obama had invited Mary Kay Henry, president of the Service Employees International Union, and Leo Gerard of the United Steelworkers, to fly with him to Michigan aboard Air Force One.
It was VIP...

Mixing Broadway and basketball, this NBA All-Star Game was a West Side Story.
Russell Westbrook scored 41 points, one shy of the All-Star record, and the Western Conference beat the East 163-158 on Sunday night in the highest-scoring All-Star Game ever.
The Oklahoma City speedster had a record 27 points by halftime and closed out the scoring with two free throws, falling one point shy of Wilt Chamberlain's 42 points in the 1962 game. He was voted the game's MVP at Madison Square Garden.
The NBA's...

New Lake County Councilman Jamal Washington, D-Merrillville, has been tapped by the county's Democratic Party leader to be part of the committee that selects the district's representative to the 2016 national convention.
Lake County Democratic Central Committee Chair John Buncich said he wanted the appointment to the 2016 Democratic National Convention Indiana Affirmative Action Committee to be a minority and was confident in Washington's ability.
"I've known Jamal a long time. He is very...

NEW YORK -- Mixing Broadway and basketball, this NBA All-Star Game was a West Side Story.
Russell Westbrook scored 41 points, one shy of the All-Star game record, and the Western Conference beat the East 163-158 on Sunday night.
The Oklahoma City speedster had a record 27 points by halftime and closed out the scoring with two free throws, falling one point shy of Wilt Chamberlain's 42 points in the 1962 game. He was voted the game's MVP.
The NBA's return to New York showed off everything about the...

NEW YORK -- Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook scored 41 points, one shy of the NBA All-Star Game record, leading the Western Conference past the East 163-158 on Sunday night.
Westbrook had a record 27 points by halftime and closed out the scoring with two free throws, falling one point shy of Wilt Chamberlain's 42 points in the 1962 game. He was voted the game's MVP.
The NBA's return to New York showed off everything about the Big Apple, and Westbrook stole the show on one of sports' biggest...